New Court of Appeals building – a Green Courthouse

The P292 million new Court of Appeals building recently broke ground last week in the six-hectare lot in Indahag, Cagayan de Oro City.

Local officials led by City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano and Associate Justice Romulo Borja led the groundbreaking on the lot which overlooks Cagayan de Oro River.

This Green Courthouse will harness sunlight for interior’s illumination, tap wind and wind directions for inexpensive ventilation, use solar panels to convert sun’s energy to electricity and impound rain water from gutters and downspouts for recycling, such as comfort room use and for irrigation of surrounding vegetation.